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My Thoughts on Hillary | 29 comments (29 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: My Thoughts on Hillary (none / 1)

I've skimmed print, radio, internet and TV coverage of Hillary's disappointed supporters. I've watched and heard pledged delegates pronounce from the floor they're ambivalent about Obama, he's not the real deal, he's short on accomplishments, he hasn't reached out to Hillary supporters, Hillary lost an unfair, rigged primary process. Worse I've seen and heard dozens of Hillary delegates state they'll either not vote or vote for McCain for all the above reasons. WTF!? I swear these people are batshit insane. GET. THE. FUCK. OVER. IT! Don't they realize or care for the future make up of the Supreme Court, for their sons and daughters sent off to fight in Iran and Syria and Russia? McCain is truly a certified whack-job. And how in the hell does a delegate look into a camera from the convention floor, tear down and criticize the presumptive nominee and then state they're voting Republican? How? Someone tell me why in the hell they're not escorted from the premises, stripped of their credentials and told to get the hell out of Dodge? You're a goddamned Democrat delegate to the Democrat convention and you go public with a pledge to vote for McCain. Oh man. These freaks need some harsh bitch slapping. Want to take bets on how many Republicans pull the same stunt during their convention and are still welcome at the wet bar? Are welcome freaking anywhere in the entire state of Minnesota? Hell, they'd end up in GITMO. Democrats should have no use for these traitors. Unbelievable. Words fail.

by steve duncan on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:07:54 AM EST

Re: My Thoughts on Hillary (none / 0)

CNN had no problem finding a PUMA immediately after Hillary's speech. She was tearing up, and then said Obama's got a "thin resume", didn't know if she would vote for him, at a minimum might sit it out.

by RollaMO on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:14:13 AM EST
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Re: My Thoughts on Hillary (none / 1)

I think they are a small and dwindling group of people, but the perception of their numbers has been magnified by the media. After Hillary's speech last night I flipped to CNN and by God if they didn't find the one black female Clinton backer who still refuses to vote for Obama. We have to understand how the media echo chamber works to tranmogrify a small group of crazed and bitter people into a mass movement much like an illusionist pretends to escape a death trap of knives and swords.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:14:18 AM EST
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Re: My Thoughts on Hillary (none / 0)

Steven D, I disagree to a point. I've sat for a few days watching and listening to all this. Usually when the media latch on to an outlier on an issue it shows up. You recognize on channel after channel the same small group of people the networks use to drive home a skewed position. In this instance I'm not seeing the same 1/2 dozen individuals making the rounds. National polling on this issue produces anywhere from 10% to 30% of Hillary supporters claiming they'll either sit out or vote Republican, and it tends toward the higher number in most polls. These are sample results not over the last week, but results you can see maintained since Hillary conceded. It's irrational lunacy for a true Democrat to vote for McCain yet a great many will do it. Politicians rightly come in for harsh criticism when acting out of personal interest or fits of anger and revenge. These are elected Democrat delegates yet they're not castigated in similar fashion. They plan on committing an act in the voting booth contrary to the best interests of the nation as viewed by their chosen party. They confess to this heresy on camera, on national television at the convention. Stripping them of their credentials and barring them from the premises is the least that should be done.

by steve duncan on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 10:25:43 AM EST
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Steven D, I wish she would have divorced Bill (none / 0)

...but she's just as power mad as he is.

I think that it's too late for that now. She's not going to give up the brand that easily.

I'm sure in her moments she wishes that she hadn't gone down to the lowest common denominator race-baiting Obama. She would still have the black vote, or at least, half of it.

An untypical Negro

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Wed Aug 27th, 2008 at 04:14:59 PM EST
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